Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron, 1900

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Polistes wattii Cameron 1900: 416 (type, ♀, Bengal, India, deposited in BMNH).

Material examined. India: ♀, holotype, Cameron coll. 1901-137, BMNH type Hym. 18.890; 1♂, NW India, 84-38 (BMNH). 11♀, C. India: Raipur, 300 m, 22.vii.–26.viii.1962, F. L. Wain, each labelled “ Polistes wattii Cameron, det. J.v.d. Vecht, 1960 ” (RMNH); 2♀, Rajasthan, Jodhpur Mandhur Park, 15.x.1985, C v. Achterberg (RMNH); 1♀, Delhi, 7–9.vii.1978, J. Timmer (RMNH); 4♀, NW India, Chandig'arh, 31.vii.–1.viii.1964, R.A. Maas Geesteranus (RMNH); 1♂, Afghanistan: Kabul (34˚31'N, 69˚12'E), 2–3.x.1975, Ph. Pronk (75 069-070) (RMNH); 2♀, Herat (34˚20'N, 62˚12'E), 28.ix.1975, Ph. Pronk (75 067) (RMNH);.

Remarks. No specimens from China were available, but recorded from China by Das & Gupta (1983, 1989) and Carpenter (1996b).

Distribution. China; Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Oman; Mauritius; Pakistan; India.